Question

Can I take a backup of a database in sql server developer edition?
I am running this code

backup database Test_db to disk = d:\DailyBackUp.

This code is running successfully but the folder DailyBackUp is still empty.

Answer 1

See my solution.
Create 2 file
1/ BackupScript.sql

DECLARE @MyBackupName nvarchar(250)

SET @MyBackupName = ‘C:\Projects\ABC\DB Backup\YouDBFileName_’ +
convert( varchar(10), getdate(), 112 ) + ‘.BAK’

BACKUP DATABASE [YouDBFileName] TO DISK = @MyBackupName WITH
NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N’DatabaseName-Full Database
Backup’, SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10

2/ AutoBackup.bat

PATH = “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\”
SQLCMD.EXE -S . -E -i “C:\Projects\ABC\DB Backup\BackupScript.sql”

Change your parameters if need
Now you can run AutoBackup.bat and it auto create db backup like “YouDBFileName_20120325.bak”